[ILOVEPIE]

Originally Posted by Xsinthis apparently there is no event. The server is completely unaware of it happening

then how come it happens to everyone on the server?

[Xsinthis]

it would seem that the steam server communicates directly with the clients on the server

[thetwistedpanda]

Certainly an effective method of preventing addons like SourceMod from interfering...

[Xsinthis]

indeed, heaven knows how quickly it would have been interfered with if it so much as touched the servers..lol

[Swixel]

There are enough "maybe" instances around the edges of things that it might be possible. All I can tell you is that by the time those "maybe" instances were put together, SourceMod and MetaMod:Source would be doing nothing beyond the teleporting.

I think you'll find that a lot of us looked at this when it came out, and the general consensus is that it's impossible for the server to do alone. Given that none of us want VAC bans, we haven't looked at the chain of 'potentials'/'maybes'.

[Luth]

As far as I know, the Master Server communicates directly with the clients, bypassing the individual game servers completely. I've found no way to capture the event, let alone the location, of a gift being added. However, to help automate finding masks, there is this post on Reddit: <link violates GPL, stop posting it>

[Swixel]

Thank you reporting the GPL violation.

And yes, it bypasses the servers.